Photo Credit: Frontiers Paragliding Pokhara “This is your life. Be bold with it. Live it with energy and purpose in the direction that excites you. Listen to your heart, look for your dreams: they are God-inspired.” - Bear Grylls That is probably the life I aspire to: living life daringly and boldly; having a foundation of reckless trust and faith. But how many times this is not the case? For me this is barely more visible than my struggle with heights. I was recently reminde

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get,” Forrest Gump said on the silver screen. That’s the best line in the movie, and arguably one of the most recognizable phrases from any movie ever made. So permit me to tell you about one day when i had a whole box of chocolates, and then some. As with many spring days in Switzerland, this was a misty, rainy day. Grey clouds were draped across the sky and the temperature was not toasty by any stretch o

Photo Credit: Jane Haarhoff As you might have gathered, That-Man and myself are food enthusiasts. We enthuse about many (although definitely not all) things culinary. When our relationship was still green, most of our holiday planning revolved around good fly-fishing destinations. As the years went by and the internet expanded, it became easy to add food to the list of criteria determining our program. Although local cuisine might not determine where we go, it has become a ha